Rahul, Cong hit out at 'most expensive chawkidar' Modi as scams tumble out

In the wake of another bank fraud by a Delhi-based diamond jeweller, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led government alleging that the scammer "disappeared" while the government looked the other way.

Rahul took to Twitter as the promoters of Dwarka Das Seth International, a Karol Bagh-based company, were booked by the CBI for an alleged fraud of Rs 389.85 crore involving Oriental Bank of Commerce.

He said this promoter too operated with the same modus operandi of fake LoUs as Nirav Modi. "Under Modi Ji's 'Jan Dhan Loot Yojana', another scam!390 Crore, involving a Delhi based jeweller. Same Modus operandi as Nirav Modi. Fake LOU's. Predictably, like Mallya and Nirav, this promoter too has disappeared while the Government looked the other way," Rahul tweeted.

Later, the Congress urged that PM Modi should reassure the nation that accountability of the finance ministry, the Reserve Bank of India and the management of defaulting banks would be fixed within 60 days.

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal sought to know why people like Nirav Modi, who were indulging in banking scam, were "allowed to escape the country."

Addressing a press conference, Sibal said, "The country has faced a loss of around ₹21,000 crore as of now and other banking frauds will also come out in a few days. Another ₹390 crore OBC (Oriental Bank of Commerce) scam has also emerged. I am surprised that despite our prime minister being the most expensive 'chawkidar' (watchman), why are all these (banking frauds) happening under his nose."